Friday, October 14, 2011

I don't have anything real substantial to post about, just a few random thoughts:

* Isn't this a great quote? “The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.”― Marjorie Pay Hinckley

* I just found this recipe on a blog I like to follow and I can't wait to try them. Pumpkin + Ginger = DELICIOUS! I think I will commission Alex to make them this weekend. :)

* I watched this Mormon Message yesterday and it made me cry. I am recommitting to enjoying more of those important daily moments that make up my life. And I'm recommitting to being a more patient, gentle, and fun mother.

* A friend of mine brought us some homemade potstickers last week to put in our freezer and take out as part of a quick meal anytime. I had Alex make this soup on Sunday to go with them. Oh how I love this soup! You have to try it sometime soon. I would strongly suggest using the coconut milk and the Madras-style curry powder (which I think you can probably find at most grocery stores). SO YUMMY!

* I've been looking for fun, easy things to do with the girls while on bed rest. We made these spiders last week and they had a ball making and then playing with them. I love inexpensive, cute decorations that you can make at home!

* When my sister-in-law, Liz, was here helping us a few weeks ago, she convinced me to buy this stick vacuum. Ah-mazing! I LOVE it. This is a really quality, fantastic product. It's changed my days!

* I think you have all probably heard by now the funny story of how we now own 4 vehicles.... a 1966 Ford truck, a 1985 Suburban, a 1999 Honda Civic, and a 2005 Toyota Highlander. It makes me laugh every time I walk out to the parking lot to see our fleet. Anyone want to buy a car??? Seriously. I'm not kidding. (Preferably one of the older ones... ha ha!)

* Thank you again, Michelle, for sending us those fun dress up clothes! The girls spend hours every day playing dress up. They just love it. They have never seen any of the Disney princess movies, but somehow they know all of the character's names and take turns pretending to be different princesses.

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I made those pumpkin ginger cookies tonight. They were good, but I couldn't taste the pumpkin. They tasted like gingersnaps, and I think my gingersnap recipe is better. Maybe if I held off on the ground ginger a bit the pumpkin flavor would come through a bit more?? Overall they were fine, but not what I expected.

This is the recipe for the gingersnaps I made for you last fall: http://sommerkorn.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/chewy-gingersnaps/

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About Amy (Utah)

Second oldest of the clan. I love to cook and be a mom. I'm the mother of six children ranging in age from 18 to 5. I have been lucky enough to stay at home with my children and have learned how to live on a budget (most of the time). I also enjoy reading, learning to be self reliant and spending time with my wonderful husband and beautiful children.

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Fourth of six kids, I have two adorable boys (ages 3 & 4) and hope to add more to our brood. I'm a self-employed artist, trying to do more with less, reduce, reuse and recycle and teach my kids to do the same. I love to create, cook, bake, sew, garden, read, travel and play. I'm all about finding creative solutions. We are working on remodeling our dream home, eating better, playing harder and saving more.

About Hillary (Idaho)

Sister-in-law to the others and married to the only brother in the line-up, I'm an at-home mom of five little boys after welcoming twin boys in 2010. I love my husband and children, good books, naps, to-do lists, simple meals, a thing well said, imagining myself thin again, empty laundry baskets if that means the clothes are clean and not all over the floor, and the sound of my children playing together.

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I am the youngest of the group. I have active 3-year-old twin daughters and one on the way. I am passionate about spending time with my adorable girls and husband, dancing, cooking, reading, traveling and eating. I really admire and love the women in my family and count myself lucky to also be able to stay at home with my children.